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Black Love
From: The Stoop
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From our words, to dance, to the everyday sounds that surround us, we explore the special ways we express and feel the love..

Bought by KALW, WFSU, KVCR, WGBH Radio Boston, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 52:10
  • Purchases: 12
Buildings Speak: Stories of Pioneering Women Architects
From: The Kitchen Sisters
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Perfect for Women's History Month programming. "Buildings Speak: Stories of Pioneering Women Architects," a new special from The Kitchen Sisters, h...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM, WILL, KALW, WRGY, WKSU and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 54
House/Full of Black Women
From: The Kitchen Sisters
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For some eight years now, 34 Black women from the Bay Area — artists, scholars, midwives, nurses, an architect, an ice cream maker, a donut maker, ...

Bought by KASU, WWNO, High Plains Public Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2023
  • Length: 53:27
  • Purchases: 45
Ebony Classics - Fascinating Rhythm
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Lieutenant James Reese Europe, Credit: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Lieutenant James Reese Europe" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917.
Ebony Classics - A Classic Exposure features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 1
Re:sound - The Family Ties Show
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2020 Re:sound Specials from Third Coast
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This hour, stories about family ties, love and loss.

Bought by KOSU, Troy Public Radio, KCPW Salt Lake City, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Michigan Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Last Witness: Surviving the Tulsa Race Massacre
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness
Caption: Olivia Hooker, Age 6 in 1921
On May 31, 1921, Olivia Hooker was six-years-old when white mobs launched an attack on the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In less than 24 ho...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KOSU, KHSU, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 4
A Change of World
From: The Poetry Foundation
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Meryl Streep narrates an hour-long documentary special about how the Women’s Movement changed poetry, and how women poets changed the culture.

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, WGTE Public Media, WNMU-FM, KBIA, High Plains Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 73
A Shortcut Through 2017
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Goodbye Village Voice
A look back at the last twelve months, a retrospective of a truly transitional year with a disturbing loss of morals, constitution values and major...

Bought by 'The Sea', Indie3 Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KDUR, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2017
  • Length: 59:22
  • Purchases: 13
Birth
From: Ahri Golden
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From award-winning producers Ahri Golden + Tania Ketenjian, Birth is an audio mosaic that explores practices and perceptions of birth in America. ...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 56:27
  • Purchases: 1
Bought and Sold
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Javille Sutton was a 14-year-old runaway when she accepted a ride from a pimp who sold her across the country for the next six years. She was arrested multiple times as a juvenile. She now counsels girls at a horse ranch for young victims of trafficking.
Advocates for kids are pushing for a new approach to combating underage prostitution: treating young people caught up in sex trafficking as victims...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, WRIR, WEKU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Inka Milewski
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: Inka Milewski, at home in Miramichi, NB, Credit: David Kattenburg
Profile of New Brunswick, Canada researcher and environmental health advocate Inka Milewski

  • Added: Oct 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:42
Episode 2: Tradition!
From: Mother
Series: MOTHER: A PODCAST
Caption: MOTHER: A PODCAST, Credit: Logo created by Justin Schnarr (justinschnarr.com/).
After Annie Cho gave birth to her son this spring, she struggled to make traditional Chinese "confinement" practices (hygiene rules + special postp...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 1
A Woman's Shortcut
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Join Gloria Steinem, Jane Wyatt, Snow White, Lucille Ball, Rex Harrison, Diana Ross & the Supremes,George Burns & Gracie Allen, James Brown and a c...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 58:12
Lady Writes the Blues (1-Hour Special)
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: McCoy in the studio circa 1984.
You may not know Rosemarie McCoy’s name, but you probably know her songs. Over 800 of them spanning the full range of American pop music, from Rhyt...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WSKG, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WBEZ and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 6
On the Move in Mongolia
From: Outer Voices
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There I was, an Indian woman on the move in a strange new land - Mongolia - and it didn't feel so strange. So much resonated - especially the voic...

Bought by KUER, KZYX, WRPI, KFOK-LPFM, and KUNM


  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 23:43
  • Purchases: 5
The Hidden World of Girls with Host Tina Fey (Hour 2)
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Hidden World of Girls
Caption: Host, Tina Fey
Groundbreaking writer, actress and comedian, Tina Fey comes to Public Radio to host The Hidden World of Girls, two new hour-long Specials inspired ...

Bought by KCUR, New England Public Media, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Radio Catskill, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 132
The Hidden World of Girls with Host Tina Fey (Hour 1)
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Hidden World of Girls
Caption: Host, Tina Fey
Groundbreaking writer, actress and comedian, Tina Fey comes to Public Radio to host The Hidden World of Girls, two new hour-long Specials inspired ...

Bought by KCUR, New England Public Media, Radio Catskill, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 159
The Queen's Trek
From: Outer Voices
Caption: the Queen with Meerak, Credit: Jack Chance
Bhutan is a land of prayer flags and happiness. But people are people, and human suffering, including domestic violence, is as prevalent here as i...

Bought by KUER, KZYX, KQED, KFOK-LPFM, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 24:36
  • Purchases: 5
Natural Child Birth: "Is the Plan still the Plan?"
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Experience Natural Child Birth
Caption: The new baby, Avery Arena, Credit: Katy Sewall
It is good to have a birth plan. The one problem? The birth of a child can be unpredictable. Radio Producer Katy Sewall brings us the story of on...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 11:56
Still Singing the Blues: New Orleans and South Louisiana
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: Still Singing the Blues
Caption: Louisiana blues diva Carol Fran performs at her 76th birthday party., Credit: Photo by Barry Yeoman
Still Singing the Blues: New Orleans and South Louisiana features musicians in New Orleans and South Louisiana who continue to perform the blues—of...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMUW, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KZMU Moab Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 11, 2010
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 25
Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Opal Whiteley, Credit: Cottage Grove Historical Society
"Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley," a half-hour documentary about Opal Whiteley who caused an international scandal in 1920 whe...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Prairie Public, KSUT and more


  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 28:21
  • Purchases: 10
Giving Women The Vote
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
Caption: Votes For Women!, Credit: Library of Congress
2010 was the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave American women the right to vote. Women got the vote, in part, because of a promise ...

Bought by WWNO, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Hark!, WSGE and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 9
Mothers and Sons
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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a sonic memorial to the healing power of art

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT, KTNA, NPR Illinois, KDNK and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2008
  • Length: 26:44
  • Purchases: 10
The Story of Lata
From: Outer Voices
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who's sailing now? women and the revival of traditional polynesian sailing in the solomon islands

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUER, KWMR, WLPR , KMXT and more


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 23
The Emergence of Shawn Colvin: Inside "These Four Walls"
From: Paul Ingles
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Three-time Grammy winner Shawn Colvin is captured in the studio working on her 2006 album THESE FOUR WALLS and reflecting on her career in music.

Bought by North State Public Radio, WHRV, Wyoming Public Radio, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, WILL and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2006
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 9